صِحّاتُنَاour health بالزَّمانِwith time أمْرَاضُillnesses
صِحّاتُنَا بالزَّمانِ أمْرَاضُ
وَدَهْرُناand our time مُبْرِمٌone who binds firmly وَنَقّاضُand one who unravels
وَدَهْرُنا مُبْرِمٌ وَنَقّاضُ
Our health turns to illness with time.
And our time binds firmly and unravels.
وَللّياليand the nights have فيin صَرْفِهاtheir vicissitudes عِبَرٌlessons
وَللّيالي في صَرْفِها عِبَرٌ
فهْيَfor they are سهامٌarrows ونحنand we أغْراضُtargets
فهْيَ سهامٌ ونحن أغْراضُ
And the nights hold lessons in their vicissitudes:
For they are arrows, and we are targets.
Sol 6.1